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A two month entertainment festival brought to you by the team behind Shadow Electric

The Shadow Electric crew is hosting a two-month summer festival featuring a killer line-up of film, music, art and great food and drink. Day and night, Shimmerlands will be putting on a show at University of Melbourne's Parkville location across four main precincts: The Cinema (for fans of Shadow Electric's past outdoor cinema events), The Pavilion, Live Music and The Food Quarter.

The Pavilion – designed by Ha Architects with the help University of Melbourne graduates – will form the hub of the two-month festival, and houses a bar as well as space for punters to hang out and relax. Expect local bands and international heavy-hitters to perform at Shimmerlands. The line-up has been curated with consultation from Melbourne's promoters and tastemakers; Andee Frost has been curating a line-up for Saturday afternoon gigs, while Dark Mofo alumni and creative duo Supple Fox are co-programming a series of outdoor shows. There are six large outdoor music events slated for the summer, with Brooklyn-based band Parquet Courts confirmed so far.

Of course, it's not a proper summer festival without an outdoor cinema, so the Shimmerlands crew will be putting on a film programme curated by Human Rights and Arts Film Festival program director Lauren Valmadre. Films include 45 major releases, contemporary indie films, cult classics, and eye-opening music documentaries.